Sentences with phrase «joining other legislatures»

Lawmakers in Colorado and New Mexico began revising their sexual misconduct policies Friday, joining other legislatures that are facing questions about whether they are doing enough to deter predatory behavior and protect victims.

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Gillibrand cited Fried's plan to reduce the county executive's salary, shrink the size of the legislature, and reorganize government to make it more efficient, for her joining other New York leaders supporting David Fried's campaign, including: Assemblywoman Ellen Jaffee, Assemblyman Ken Zebrowski, Assemblyman James Skoufis, the Rockland County Corrections Officers, and the Spring Valley Police Benevolent Association, among others.

The proposal was so toxic in the legislature last year that the state Senate voted unanimously to block the state Department of Transportation from spending $ 300,000 to join a federal study of the issue with four other states.

Schwarz and Benjamin also wrote a letter, which is joined by more than 20 other prominent New Yorkers, urging candidates for the New York State legislature to make public financing a top priority next year.

Marcy Suárez, 20, of Brentwood, right, joins other immigrant advocates at a news conference at Touro Law School in Central Islip on Wednesday, March 9, 2016, to call on Republicans in the state legislature to support the Dream Act in the state's budget.

Samuel Radford of the District Parent Coordinating Council joined Superintendent Pamela Brown and others in urging the state legislature to support Cuomo's plan to invest $ 1.5 billion over five years to implement full - day, universal pre-K.

However, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures, Republican lawmakers in Arizona, Indiana, Virginia, Wisconsin, and Vermont have joined Democratic counterparts from a handful of other states in launching measures that oppose provisions of the two - year - old NCLB law.

But Tanya Clay, legislative director of People for the American Way, a liberal advocacy group, said it is not clear if state legislatures will follow suit or if other black urban politicians will join them.

NGA now joins the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) and other lead campaign partners that represent state education leaders — the Education Commission of the States (ECS), the National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE), and the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL).

In 2017, Elder joined other professional educators in testifying before the state legislature for a bill that later became law that added an annual state stipend for NBCTs in Montana.

During the 2014 budget session, we joined forces with other education advocacy groups and organized a campaign to share student stories about school funding shortfalls and ensure the legislature restored school investment to more adequate, pre-Recessionary levels.

In March 2015, he joined several other state legislators in publicly calling for more state regulation of charter schools, although none of the three bills he was backing have come to a full vote by the legislature.

But as the legislature hovers close to joining a handful of other states that have repealed the academic standards, frequently referred to as «Common Core,» McCrory's words, communicated through his education advisor, Eric Guckian, have gotten softer.

MASSP joined other education groups in voicing support for elements of the package (in particular, those that add more practical skills and experiences to the teacher preparation process, and help ensure that college faculty are more connected to the needs of the field) and appreciation for the legislature's willingness to tackle teacher preparation reform.

The law will enable Missouri to join several other states that have enacted similar laws through their state legislatures.